XEL vs. ED, WEC, PEG, EXC, AEE, CMS, LNT, NI, EVRG, and PCG
Should you be buying Xcel Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Xcel Energy include Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Exelon (EXC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), Evergy (EVRG), and PG&E (PCG). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.
Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) and Consolidated Edison (NYSE:ED) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Consolidated Edison has higher revenue and earnings than Xcel Energy. Xcel Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Consolidated Edison, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Consolidated Edison had 25 more articles in the media than Xcel Energy. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Consolidated Edison and 9 mentions for Xcel Energy. Xcel Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Consolidated Edison's score of 0.66 indicating that Xcel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Xcel Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.19 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Consolidated Edison pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Xcel Energy pays out 65.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Consolidated Edison pays out 63.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Xcel Energy has a net margin of 13.36% compared to Consolidated Edison's net margin of 12.43%. Xcel Energy's return on equity of 11.03% beat Consolidated Edison's return on equity.
Xcel Energy presently has a consensus price target of $62.83, indicating a potential upside of 14.39%. Consolidated Edison has a consensus price target of $88.46, indicating a potential downside of 9.31%. Given Xcel Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Xcel Energy is more favorable than Consolidated Edison.
Consolidated Edison received 342 more outperform votes than Xcel Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 41.46% of users gave Consolidated Edison an outperform vote while only 28.81% of users gave Xcel Energy an outperform vote.
78.4% of Xcel Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.3% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Xcel Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Consolidated Edison shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Xcel Energy has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its share price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Consolidated Edison has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Xcel Energy and Consolidated Edison tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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